David Hill

Thoughtful political observers would agree that when it comes to partisan and ideological conflict, Republicans and Democrats and conservatives and liberals have been closely matched in successes for decades. Admittedly, in some states and in some...

I was recently moderating several nights of focus groups in Denver when the subject of marijuana suddenly and unexpectedly broke into the conversation.At the beginning of each group I asked respondents to introduce themselves, stating their favorite...

The night before last week’s NFL player draft, “Tonight Show” host Jimmy Fallon launched the fun with a segment titled “Meet the Players — NFL draft edition.” Fallon proceeded to introduce maybe a dozen players, one by one, to the hoots, cheers and...

From a pollster’s perspective, racism is a tough nut to crack. Is there any proven and tested battery of questions that will measure racism? For that matter, is racism a single construct, or is it a multidimensional phenomenon that renders...

Since the beginning of this year, there have been an abundance of issues in the national security category that hold great promise for Republicans, if we only have the courage and skill to leverage them. Ukraine and Russia’s meddling there,...

America, we have a problem. Most of us are no longer interested in elections. And for some, the disinterest is growing. A poll of young voters, ages 18-29, taken for Harvard’s Institute of Politics (IOP) discovered that only 23 percent will “...

Last week’s column delved into the challenges that pollsters face when defining and measuring racism. It’s not easy. So we are staying on task.The principal problem is that racism lies so deep in some Americans’ psyches that even they don’t know it’...

In February, the website Democratic Underground.com published an advisory to its aboveground readers. “Minimum wage and marijuana initiatives really bring out voters. So do divisive issues such as reproductive rights. It is not too late to start an...